CVE-2025-38498 Affecting kernel package, versions <0:6.12.0-55.33.1.el10_0


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX10-KERNEL-13098678
  • published27 Sept 2025
  • disclosed15 Sept 2025

Introduced: 15 Sep 2025

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How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:10 kernel to version 0:6.12.0-55.33.1.el10_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:15782.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts

Ensure that propagation settings can only be changed for mounts located in the caller's mount namespace. This change aligns permission checking with the rest of mount(2).

CVSS Base Scores

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